Pseudo-pseudo-obstruction

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Oct;16(10):1039-41. doi: 10.1097/00042737-200410000-00014.

Abstract

Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a clinical syndrome characterised by symptoms and signs of intestinal obstruction in the absence of a mechanical lesion of the intestinal lumen. The diagnosis is often difficult and relies on clinical, radiological and manometric grounds. We present here a case in which such a diagnosis was suspected, but a thorough in-depth evaluation revealed that the symptoms were due to a treatable cause--abdominopelvic adhesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / chemically induced
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cisapride / adverse effects
  • Cisapride / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Agents / adverse effects
  • Gastrointestinal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / physiopathology
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / surgery
  • Jejunum / physiopathology
  • Laparoscopy
  • Manometry
  • Middle Aged
  • Tissue Adhesions / diagnosis*
  • Tissue Adhesions / surgery

Substances

  • Gastrointestinal Agents
  • Cisapride